Axle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Axle \Ax"le\ ([a^]ks"'l), n. [OE. axel, exel, shoulder, AS.
     eaxl; akin to AS. eax axle, Sw. & Dan. axel shoulder, axle,
     G. achse axle, achsel shoulder, L. axis axle, Gr. 'a`xwn,
     Skr. aksha, L. axilla shoulder joint: cf. F. essieu, axle,
     OF. aissel, fr. dim. of L. axis. [root]205. Cf. 2d {Axis}.]
     1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which


        revolves with a wheel.
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     2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels
        of a car or carriage; an axletree.
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     3. An axis; as, the sun's axle.
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              Had from her axle torn
              The steadfast earth.                  --Milton.
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     Note: Railway axles are called leading and trailing from
           their position in the front or in the rear of a car or
           truck respectively.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  axle
       n : a shaft on which a wheel rotates

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  AXLE
       
          An early string processing language.  Program consists of an
          assertion table which specifies patterns, and an imperative
          table which specifies replacements.  "AXLE: An Axiomatic
          Language for String Transformations", K. Cohen et al, CACM
          8(11):657-661 (Nov 1965).